Cut the hole for the speaker. i wanted it as small as possible so it barely cleared the magnet.... i ended up having to make a slot for the wires thou


I didn't get any pictures of the speaker ring but it had a roundover instead of being flat and had a kurff cut so it would bend with the dash. Nothing major just a slight bend BUT it made a huge difference in the end result. These pics are in mid sanding thou, the ring was fiberglassed to the dash popped off and i snapped some pics after the first stage of sanding



After looking at it on the dash half way ready i realized the orange wasn't going to work... So i painted the speaker while the final sanding and stuff was being done


Soldered and heat shrunk the wires to the ES-03


All done





Heres some pics of the sound dampening on the dash as well
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...7&postcount=28
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...1&postcount=40

 

so thats why you didnt have a dash this past weekend!! i kept meaning to ask you but kept forgetting haha

 

lol ya.... just finished it today man

 

thats sick bro!

 

Awesome work JJ looks great

 

Looks good.
Its funny I just bought the ES-4`s for rear fill along with some HD-42`s up front in the BMW.
Car goes in Tuesday morning for it all to be installed (above mentioned, plus audio control 3.1, DD, 6.5`s DD S4, DDM1b, and 1 2510)
Nothing fancy, nothing earth shattering, I just want a little thump while still keeping the car as functional as possible.

Well done, looks like you beat me to the center channel.The poor balt has been a little neglected since I got the new one, she needs some TLC, just waiting for the weather to get a little better (aftermarket intake = pain in the ass during the Vancouver rainy season)

 

Good work emp, looks professional.

 

thanks man. blends with the dash pretty nice. probably even better if i clean it but i haven't got that far yet

 

damn, please go to CED. I need to sit in this car and have my skull crushed hahaha

 

nice. never herd the HD-4 actually. HD3, es-03 (now) Es-4 and es-04

did the 2510 u get have the highrise surround or the low?

sorry but probably not. i know one of the elpaso balts is going but im pretty doubtful i can make it

 

I actually changed my mind and went with a dual 2ohm 3510.
I haven't seen it yet, I get the car back tomorrow.
I have been forcing myself to stay away while there working on it, I don't really want to see this car all riped apart, I might loose respect for it

I'll post some pics this weekend.

 

make sure you get the high rise surround if u havent already "ordered" it. the 10s look fucked without the high rise surround

 

how much space (depth) is there between the dash and the metal support?

 

mmm the speaker isn't 100% on the dash the panel puts it like 1/2" above it. and there's a 2" piece of foam under the speaker+ a little bit of clearance so i would guesstimate 3-4in from the plastic of the dash to the metal in that spot. mind you the ac vents are running under there so a few places are cramped. i didn't get a pic of that unfortunately

 

Where would I pick up a digital voltage readout like the one you have in your dash?
I finally have the funds to get rid of my capacitor and buy a Kinetik battery, but I'm going to miss the volt meter on the capacitor and I would like to be able to monitor my voltage from the drivers seat.

 

what kind of cap is it mind i ask?

 

Power Acoustik 10 farad I believe?
POS.

 

oh ok bc i was gonna say alot of the 1f caps the meter part of it can be taken off

 

What kind of paint did you use to paint your speakers? Do you need a special type of speaker to use as a center channel?

 

can we get a vid with it in action brotha?

 

great job man looks pretty bad ass

 

looking good!

 

krylon flat black. same as the midranges in the doors. lol i actually dont have a pic of them with the flat black. just the first ones where it was krylon satin black

af far as speaker not that i know of. the tweet is out of a old 2001 fosgate comp set and the lil 3" mid comes in a set as well (i just ordered one for this application)

lol do u really want one? not too much to see plus i cant have it with the tweeters too so it might sound funny on the camera


thanks guys!

 

just did some measuring and you got about 3 1/4 in from the dash to whatever (metal plastic idk i forgot) its curved so probably not exact that everywhere but the few spots i checked were all about that

 

holy **** back from the dead lol